Stephen F. Hall

Stephen F. Hall has over 30 years accomplishment in specialty food marketing. He managed the import/export and national sales activity for numerous specialty food products. In addition, his firm acted as an incubator and master broker for new-to-market specialty food companies.

He wrote From Kitchen to Market, that Oprah's Magazine calls "a g-to book for any start-up company") winner of a Publishers Marketing Association Benjamin Franklin Award, and soon to be in its 6th edition.

Additionally, he wrote several comprehensive market research studies for Frost & Sullivan, including The U.S. Dairy Market and The Market for Alcohol Free and Low Alcohol Beverages.

He moderated the Kiplinger Economic Forecast Teleconference in Tucson, the Tortilla Industry Association Technology Conference in Los Angeles, and was a guest lecturer, Business Development Workshops: ASBDC 2000, 2002, 2008 Annual Conferences; Idaho Department of Agriculture; University of Alaska-Fairbanks; University of Vermont; University of New Hampshire; West Virginia Office of Economic Development, and Virginia Specialty Food Association. He has been a principal guest on CNBC "Money Talk," is Managing Editor of Food Entrepreneur Magazine, a contributing editor for Entrepreneur Magazine, and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal.